Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-03-24
Farm GHrdBn
Practical Gossip About the Field NJ
Products-1he Care Of Poultry 2
and Fine Stock. att

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Do not feed breeding sows largely On
grain. They may be kept in good con-
dition, but it should be done BY more
bulky or partially green food.
Fences cost on most farms each year
more than taxes, and they are becom-
ing more and more costly as materia
gets scarce. The true policy Is to take
up interior fences so far as practicable.
Sheep will effeetaally clean up a field
filed with weeds. briers. bushes and
other rubbish, thereby saving much
labor with the bush scythe, and b ytheir
droppings prepare the field for the
plough. Hf 5sA &
Most farmers have learned that cut
hay or even straw wet and sprinkled
with meal is better feed for working
horses than whole grain and hay. In
this shape the nutriment in the feed Is
easily eaten and easily digested. Z
A calf will thrive on milk after the
cream has been taken of. 1t is better
fed to them sweet and warm. The cold
milk taken from the creamery is not
good. 1t chills the stomach and draws
from the vitality of theanimal to warm
it
Tomatoes trained to stakes give the
sweetest fruit and remain in bearine
the longest: but many ~culavators, WHY
grow for size and quantity only, believe
they have the best results when grow.
ing them on the level ground.
An small apples and Others defective
in form or damaged by worms have
their best market ON the farm as food
for animals. IL packed with sound
fruit, even in small proportion, they're
duee the price of all even to the point
of loss
Straw may bersndered more valuable
by being cut into short lengths and
mixed with chopped hay and grain.
1t will greatly assist in increasing the
amount Of coarse material, if 81 fed,
and the practice is much more eccnom-
ical than that Of using it for bedding
entirely,
In order to guard against flies the
stable should be thoroughly cleaned
often. A spginkline Of the floors with
anixt1Te Of s tssspoonful Of carbolic
add ana two gallons ot water, will dis.
INFECT the stall while the manure heap
may also receive an application with
advantage
To compel R-xhznss and Ccehins tc
rp0st high VA be cruelty. They have
iitirulE not only n eetting upon q
nrh -Oesf Int N gstting CT Al roOsts
should be made low and on the SANE
lsral There is no necessity foT having
fnan high Knd as Essxrsy Ri diseases OF
1hs fest E-iss from high roosts the,
shuulE De abolished
0zrhEzls 1fE- Are n ErsSs continually
us sunEr1rss aagGrsL TGe hest meth
Bf Is at g0Ew Epatr IH rTxsS line II;
aEni GEeE gsacEdE 4 wslHrotte;
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hest xfHl u C-EsS u Uhs sd : rca
au5 taa peach E1G FaIIH Hrs ezssrsiacs
Ehe y-asz shau1E aewgztr. ee FGgEeG
under e-crsEsiarAgz
Few farm cruys take Up 50 Eze.
potash ~ tire rotztn. 1t s An aIkalini
igtes that sszIns the hznGS when PAIN,
potatoes and it is best removed by OK
alic acid This alone should be a SUI
ieient hint as to the kind of fertilize
most needed by potatoes, and is tn
reason why this crop soonest falls OF
sandy soil, where potash is usually de
licient.
Milk can be fed to poultry in an
condition, either as SKINNED milk, but
ter milk, curds, or when mixed wit
meal or ground grain Of any kind. ]
isa valuable food for egg production
being rich in albumen, and suppl,
many substances that may be lackiiI
in other foods. 1t is cheap on tho
farms where only the cream Is desire
and 1t win give better results wi
poultry than when fed to pigs.
| If COWS are allowed to dry and re
. about six weeks before calving tn
, will DO In better condition when tn
come into full flow again. 1t impos
: adouble duty on the COW to yield
; ,arge amount Of milk daily, and al
: provide material for the growth
the fetus and supply bodily was
:, Give her q respite, feed, her well, a,
!. 'he will produce a better calf and yie
. alarger proportion of milk.
!. The albumen or white Of an egg
y somewhat similar to blood in compo
q ton, and the poultry man will Fl
1t very profitable to procure fresh bio
9 from the slaughter houses whenever
I can be obtained. II can be put II
bag and cooked, or 1t may DO mix
!, with two parts cornmeal and one pa
l shorts, baked into cakes and crumbl
3 for the chicks whenever 1t Is needt
1 Fed to hensit increases egg productio
/, being cheaper than meat and mu,
more beneficial.
| Every living active part Of q pla,
contains o certain amount Of wate
From many juicy parts ninety per cen
Of water can be expelled by dryin
many green leaves hold from seyent
i've to eighty while from seeds whic
!. we call "dryr 1t is sometimes possib
to drive out ten per cent. Part of thI
water Is SO intimately combined wit
the plant structure that, If 1t is ono
expelled, It cannot be again taken up 4